May 1, 2025 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
A little sunshine helps brighten the day Merlin Goebel says the most important ingredient in running a successful business in a small community is getting to know your customers and being able to adapt to their needs. That might mean bringing in an unusual product...
Oct 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Win Big, Shop Local Customer Appreciation Giveaway Thank you for participating in Golden West’s Win Big, Shop Local Giveaway! Golden West is excited to announce the Win Big Shop Local contest winners! As a way to give back to our valued customers and support local...
Mar 15, 2023 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
‘Sweet’ business born out of vanilla-making hobby Taylor Ernster turned a hobby into a business so successful it was one of 10 South Dakota companies to make the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in the U.S. in 2022. “We never in a...
Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Shop strives to ‘meat’ customer needs & inspire cooking, grilling When it came to starting a business, Casey Remmers and business partner Troy Grocott were eager to “steak a claim” in Hartford. And, they have literally done just that with their retail meat...
Oct 27, 2022 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
From Corner Lot to Community Cornerstone Brothers Build Auto Business Brothers Bob and Rick Zwart started small and took several steps over the last two decades to grow their auto sales business in their hometown of Dell Rapids. The duo enjoyed buying cars, fixing...
